Bet he can spell "because" though.
*** Official #3 IOWA STATE vs Texas Tech Game(Day) Thread ***
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Heise had 9 rebounds and played excellent defense throughout the game. If he can knock down a couple of threes or get a back door layup that’s all bonus. He did his job today.
Heise was +3 and Jefferson -10. Obviously not a perfect metric, however it doesn’t scream terrible within a team framework.
one play that I did not expect: MM as point guard bringing the ball up with pace while being guarded closely . I thought for sure it would be a turnover. He looked like he could pass for Jason Tatum on that one play.
Agree would be great if he starts to make those 3s as he's getting wide open shots sometimes. That said he's rebounding hard, playing good defense, and moves the ball and himself without the ball. So having a positive impact off the bench
Hey everyone Heise was playing at UNI last year. That environment today will be one of the toughest we will play in all year. He will get more comfortable on offense and he always busts his ass on defense and rebounding. Also when you are always guarding the opposing teams best player you will give up some points sometimes
Looks like we have our new whipping boy to replace Rob Jones. We can all look forward to the experts in the game thread questioning why TJ plays Heise so much game after game.
LOL! I had to read both posts twice! I have dyslexia and will often swap letters in words that have dipthongs. Words like "because," "people," etc. I have to read them letter by letter to make sure I read them right.
JFC are we still talking about Heise?
Agree. The fact that he's usually in at the end of games is all you need to know about what the staff thinks of his play and dependability.
Better shooting games from Heise ahead. For anyone who ever played higher level basketball as a "role" player, you know how hard it is to hit a jumper when you are only asked to take one or two a game. It is hard! He isnt a volume shooter. All I ask is that the guy busts his ass on the defensive end of the floor and on the boards. He will hit some big jumpers as the season progresses, that I promise.
Makes me wonder if he *did* have a hand in one of the set pieces that got the win?
The metric that I look to is that TJ plays him.
Is TJ perfect, nope but a **** of a lot closer to it than anyone on this board and 99% of CBB coaches right now.
I think he has a pretty good handle on the rotation that works and Heise is a key part of it.
He also never won at TTU as a player either I don’t think. Maybe they had some extra motivation to win one for the new coach.
Wonder what our old pal ZRF thinks about Nate
You are judging him for an air ball and getting scored on by a solid player hanging in air for an elite amount of time to get off a line drive shot that happened to find the bottom of the net.
Looking past his stats, which were value added, how about the fact that he started overtime instead of our regular starter and then played every second until fouling out? But you must know more than the men in the room being paid six and seven figures who just helped guide a team to a 13-point comeback on the road
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I thought you said you played, you do understand five guys are on the floor and each one has their own role right?
Tonight, I would have wanted neither of them with the ball in their hands, but I would have wanted them on floor. Both of which is exactly what TJ did too.
And we won. Only on CF would there be this much crapping on one player following a win that doesn't happen if he's on the bench
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You are misinterpreting my observations of the game with me wanting or calling for changes to rotations.
Observation - Heise and Gilbert struggled offensively today, relatively speaking, when they had their opportunities. Heise had a rough end to his night in OT. Overall their defense was on par with the rest of the season. I don’t really know how that’s debatable, but I’d love to hear counterpoints.
I think Nate has been an outstanding addition to the team and that Gilbert is still arguably the best player on that team. Just because I don’t like how they played for some of the game today doesn’t mean I think their roles need to change.
